Beach stool



V. LEIBO May 1, i934.

BEACH STOOL Filed Dec. 17, 1952 INVENTOR. V/cm/P 1:750

Patented May 1, 11934 BEACH STQQL Victor llleibo, litidgefield yarh, N. ll. Application December 17, 1932, Serial No. 647,779

(Cl. l55-=-l3d) 3 Claims.

This invention relates to stools or seats for use on bathing beaches, and which may also be used in other places to provide a seat or other support; and the object of the invention is to provide a device of the class described involving a supporting rod one end to facilitate its passage through sand or other soil in mounting the device in position for use, with means on the rod adjacent the lower end thereof to form a supplemental support and to limit the downward movement of the rod into the sand or soil; a further object being to provide a supplemental bottom or stop member which is adjustable longitudinally with respect to the rod to adjust and regulate the heighth of the seat with respect to the ground or other surface; a further object being to provide means for adjustably coupling a seat or supporting member in connection with the upper end of the rod with means on said end of the rod for reinforcing and bracing the seat thereon and also to provide a finishing member which enhances the appearance of the complete device; a further object being to provide the seat or other member with a cover having a resilient marginal edge, facilitating the attachment and detachment of the cover therewith; a still further object being to provide a stool of the class described, the seat of which includes a backrest or bracing member which is pivotally mounted in connection with the seat and which may be collapsed thereon; and with these and other objects in view, the invention consists in a device of the class and for the purpose specified, which is simple inconstruction, efiicient in use and which is constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a side and sectional view of one form of stool which I employ.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing a modification, and showing only a part of the construction; and,

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing a modified form of seat which I employ.

In the construction shown in Fig. 1, my device consists of a rod or standard 5, the upper and lower ends 8 and '7 of which are reduced to form shoulders 8 and 9 respectively, and the lower end portion 7 terminates in a pronged or pointed end To which facilitates the mounting of the which is pointed or pronged at rod in the soil 10, which may be dirt or gravel, or sand as on the seashore.

Employed in connection with the reduced end '1 of the rod is a stop or .foot piece 11, which in the construction shown, is in the form of a tubular body of sheet metal of substantially bellshaped cross sectional form. The contracted upper end has an opening 11a to receive the reduced end '7 of the rod, and this end seats upon the shoulder 9, whereas the enlarged flared end of the member 11 has a downwardly extending flange 11?) which is adapted to seat upon the ground or other surface in the manner indicated.

A similar member 12 is mounted upon the upper reduced end 6 of the rod, the member 12 having an opening 12a to receive the reduced extension 6 and a flange 12b upon which the seat or other support 13 rests. The seat 13 has centrally of the lower face thereof a downwardly directed, threaded sleeve 14., in connection with which the threaded upper end 6azof the extension 6 operates in coupling the seat 13 with the rod, it being understood that in attaching the seat, the same is drawn downwardly into firm engagement with the flanges 12b of the member 12. This member serves to brace and reinforce the'seat, as will be apparent.

It will be understood that the seat 13 may be of any desired contour, for example, such as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing, or simply a round disk as is represented in Fig. 1. In fact, the size and dimensions of the supporting member 13 as well as the contour thereof will be made to suit the particular use for which the device is intended.

In Fig. 1 of the drawing, I have shown the seat 13 enclosed in a canvas or other covering 15 which is preferably of the ornamental type, in other words, similar to that commonly employed in camp chairs, beach chairs, awnings and the like, and this covering is retained in position by an elastic band 16 secured in the periperal edge of the covering so as to firmly stretch the covering over the seat and retain the same against displacement therefrom in the manner we illustrated.

In Fig. 2 of the drawing, I have shown a slight modification in which the rod 5a is provided with longitudinally spaced, transverse members 17 to provide for the adjustable mounting of a stop or foot piece 18 on the rod, the foot piece being similar to the member 11 shown in Fig. 1, except that it includes the upwardly extending collar 18a having apertures 18b adapted to register with the apertures 17 in the rod so as to key the stop 11o claim as new and desire 18 in different 19 passed through the ape the construction shown in positions of adjustment by a pin rtures l7 and 1817. In Fig. 2 of the drawing,

tubular construction being employed solely for reducing the weight of the complete article.

In Fig. 3 of the drawing, I have shown another dification, in which a seat 13a of substantially The backrest is position in Fig. 3

port for various articles.

My improved device, while being very simple and economical in its construction,

the appended claims without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, What I to secure by Letters Patent, is:

I. A stool of the class described comprising an ongated rod having its end portions reduced to reduced ends and seating on said shoulders, a seat detachably coupled with the upper end of the rod seating on the enlarged end of the upper member and braced thereby, the lower member forming a foot piece, a back rest movably supported in connection with said of the frame. 2. A stool of the class described comprising an rod having reduced said seat member, a bracing and supporting body one end of which seats on the upper shoulder 0i and said body and foot piece being hollow and substantially bell-shaped in form.

VICTOR LEIBO. 

